How many times have you contemplated skipping dinner, maybe even lunch, to compensate for a fun filled night of drinking?  If you really think about it, it makes sense: you save money by drinking less, you save time by reaching your pre-game goal earlier, and you save calories and those precious points on your meal plan; so then, what's the problem? 

Drunkorexia is an actual term used to describe people who choose the booze over food, with the intent of staying thin.   A study on The Morning Show revealed that 30% of women, ages 18-23, coordinate their food and alcohol consumption to offset the amount of calories associated with both the acts of eating and drinking.  Though, I can't help but think weight loss isn't the real issue at hand, at least not here at Binghamton.

I have found that upon asking students why they might forgo dinner on a Saturday night, most simply answer, "why, to get drunk faster of course."  The issues of money and time seem to outweigh those of weight, especially when most students will stumble in around 2 a.m. and stuff their bloated little faces with calzones.

The apparent health risks of drunkorexia include blacking out, heath problems related to alcoholism, and increased risk of sexual abuse.  Though, those risks are a part of drinking, regardless of whether or not you choose to eat prior. 

If you ask me, the night is young, and it really is a lovely solution for avoiding those extra pounds, not to mention those frugal budgets.  Reasonably to assume, it may not be the healthiest advice, having to chug an extra three drinks before you go out because you've got a slice of pizza sitting in your in your stomach, absorbing all that precious alcohol like a leech, isn't much healthier.